So Viviane Reding, the European Union's commissioner responsible for telecoms, is right to step in.
Ms Reding's proposals on compulsory numbers of women come after France, Spain, Italy, Iceland and Belgium introduced quota laws.
Castel's career flowed through the pencil of Raymond Reding, whose vibrant illustrations captivated a generation of youngsters.
But not everyone is convinced that Reding's proposals are the right way to go about promoting competition.
"I expect the Hungarian authorities to address the Commission's legal concerns swiftly, " EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said.
Meanwhile Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said that citizens "have been waiting too long a change in the law".
Viviane Reding, the EU commissioner for justice, argues that compulsion is the only way to overcome entrenched discrimination.
Reding, while also working on other make-believe sporting heroes, spent time working on Belgium's favorite young adventurer Tintin during the 1950s.
Speaking before the vote in the European Parliament, Viviane Reding, the European Commissioner for Justice, described her as a "wonderful woman".
Ms Reding cited examples where data could be shared with non-EU countries, such as data transfer between competition or customs authorities.
Viviane Reding, Vice President of the European Commission, discussed the proposal in a speech ( PDF) she gave last month in Munich.
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The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Viviane Reding.
The European Telecoms Commissioner, Viviane Reding, also wants to reduce so-called termination charges - the cost of transferring calls from one network to another.
Several countries, including the UK, are opposed to Ms Reding's plans.
"With Francoise Hugues, Raymond Reding created this character in 1973 with a football player named Max Falk, " football agent and Castel enthusiast Olivier Jouanneaux told CNN.
Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said it would protect personal data more effectively than the many "ad hoc" agreements between the US and various EU member states.
Last week the EU's Justice Commissioner, Viviane Reding, launched a public consultation to generate initiatives - including possible legislation - aimed at redressing the gender imbalance.
Mina Andreeva, a spokesperson for EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding, told CNN that Google has not followed up on the "concrete recommendations" made in October last year.
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"Worries about online privacy are one of the most frequent reasons for why people don't buy goods and services on the Web, " Reding wrote in February.
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And earlier this week both European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding announced that they would not attend the Euro 2012 tournament.
"Gender balance directive postponed, " Ms Reding said on Twitter.
"At last Europeans can breathe a sigh of relief as the EU roaming regulation finally becomes binding law across all member states, " said the EU's telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding.
That's led European Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding to call on the nations of the European Union to step up their enforcement efforts and to cooperate more on consumer protection issues.
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"Internet users must have effective control of what they put online, and be able to correct, withdraw or delete it at will, " said Viviane Reding, Europe's digital rights commissioner, two months ago.
The EU commissioner of Justice, Viviane Reding is pressing for the European Parliament to establish "right to be forgotten" legislation that would establish strict rules for how private companies use our data.
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Ms Reding admitted that there was not enough clarity in existing framework, but that a new data protection regulation, drawn up by the Commission at the end of January, would "bring further legal clarity".
Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media, has expressed a preference for the spectrum to be used for broadband internet access and to help bridge the digital divide especially in rural areas.
"I therefore call on the UK authorities to change their national laws to ensure that British citizens fully benefit from the safeguards set out in EU law concerning confidentiality of electronic communications, " said Ms Reding.
The debate on Ms Reding's plan was due in Strasbourg on Tuesday, which could have led to a vote in the European Parliament to make gender quotas mandatory across the 27 countries in the European Union.
The French star was known by different names across Europe -- Ronnie Hansen in the Netherlands, Kai Falke in Germany -- but he was always brought to life by the hand of Reding, who died in April 1999.
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